Between grief and nothing I will take Grief.

Books without the knowledge of life are useless.

There isnothing so disagreeable, that a patient mind cannot find some solace for it.

Nostrength within, no respect without.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

Sometimesyou have to be silent to be heard.

To sit alone in the lamp light with a book spread out before you-such is a pleasure beyond compare.

A cup is useful only when it is empty; and a mind that is filled with beliefs, with dogmas, with assertions, with quotations, is really an uncreative mind.

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a woodengong. With trust, words become life itself.

I’mwilling for any solution religious, political. I’m not going to keepoffering to negotiate so much because they turn us down each time. Itindicates a weakness on our part.

We gain freedom when we have paid full price for our right to live.

They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.